Engraving from a tract by John Spittlehouse (bap. 1612, d. in or after 1657).

Thomas E Kresal is with Adrian Gray.

DESCRIPTION: Engraving from a tract by John Spittlehouse (bap. 1612, d. in or after 1657). Line engraving after unknown artist, showing an Anglican prelate, the Pope (with three heads and various Catholic symbols at his feet), a Presbyterian and a prosperous gentleman, who points and mocks all three with the words ‘Cry aloud for he is a God’. The verse on p. 1 opposite gives a commentary on the image. The letters in brackets relate to the passages from Scripture referenced in the left margin. Verso in ink: ‘a newly discovered portrait of John Spittlehouse, 1650-. John Spittlehouse, assistant to the Marshall Generall of the Army, under the Command is His Excellency the Lord General Fairfax. 1650. Frontispiece to ‘Rome ruined by Whitehall.’

SOURCE: John Spittlehouse, Rome ruin’d by White Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht, (London, 1650. [i.e. 1649]), frontispiece & p. 1